Skytap boosts cloud project management

Skytap has unveiled collaborative facilities for distributed software teams working on software projects, reports InformationWeek.

In the past, Skytap has been the provider of a Virtual Lab where in-house developers could test-drive software without requiring IT server set-up and support. HP partnered with Skytap in using the Virtual Lab as a way to demonstrate the capabilities of its LoadRunner stress testing tool.

Now Skytap is expanding its offerings to include Skytap Project, allowing a software team to use a virtual data centre, with virtual machines, virtual networking and virtual storage, as a place to collaborate on projects.

PMO Advisors has unveiled Release 2.1 of its flagship product, the PMO Advisor, states WWJ Newsradio.

This product is a portal toolkit for project managers, providing concepts, templates, methodology, and instructions on the structured step-by-step approach to managing projects based on the Project Management Book of Knowledge.

Additionally, PMO Advisor has a governance model and training modules which brings immediate project management capabilities to organisations, creating short-term productivity gains, cost savings, strategic focus, maturity advancement and long-term business value.

"Project management is not only for achieving business results but also for transforming the nation," says Srinivas Rao, chairman of the PM India Conference, according to CIOL.

Addressing the delegates of the project management conference on the theme 'Unleash the power of project management for a better tomorrow', he said India requires one million qualified project managers to build next-generation community that takes India to the zenith.

He said leadership, innovation and globalisation are not new for India. India has a rich heritage of intellectuals and this intellectual and natural talent needs to be awakened with proper guidance and right projects to build a better tomorrow, he added.